A Welsh astronomer has helped unveil the first image of a supermassive black hole at the centre of our Milky Way galaxy. Dr David James, who is originally from Llandudno, and his fellow international astronomers claim that this result provides overwhelming evidence that the object is indeed a black hole and yields valuable clues about the workings of such giants, which are thought to reside at the centre of most galaxies, North Wales Live reports.
The image is a long-anticipated look at the massive object that sits at the very centre of our Galaxy. Scientists had previously seen stars orbiting around something invisible, compact, and very massive at the centre of the Milky Way. This strongly suggested that this object - known as Sagittarius A* or Sgr A* - is a black hole, and today’s image provides the first direct visual evidence of it.
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